On Tuesday 26 February 2002 12:55 pm, Geoffrey Talvola wrote: > Chuck Esterbrook wrote: > > Obj refs in MK are 64 bit values where the first 32 are a > > class id and > > the last 32 are an object id. These are pretty much necessary for > > general object references (you need the class id to know what > > table to > > fetch the object from). > > > > I plan on allowing some kind of "simple reference" type or > > option that > > would allow for only storing the object id, in those cases where > > you know there is only one class. > > On a related note, how about splitting the 64-bit ID into 2 32-bit > fields -- an object ID and a class ID? > > That would make debugging easier, since by looking in the db you > could see the "real" values for the object ID and class ID without > having to split the 64-bit number apart. It would also make it > possible to use SQL joins between MK tables outside of MK (although > you'd have to take the class ID into account with a WHERE clause). > > - Geoff
I agree. That would be nice in general and it would eliminate the need for the "simple reference" option I described. Don't know when I'll get to it. Patches welcome. :-) On a related note to Erwin's original problem, it was caused by an alpha version of MySQLdb, not by MiddleKit. -Chuck _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
